Guidelines for the replacement of a lost owner's duplicate Certificate of Title of a parcel of land
The replacement of a lost owner’s duplicate Certificate of Title of a parcel of land is governed by Section 109 of Presidential Decree No. 1529 (PD 1529) known as the Property Registration Decree. To sum it up the following are the requirements: The owner’s duplicate Certificate of Title must have been actually lost. This is the most important thing. If the owner’s duplicate Certificate of Title has not been lost but in the possession of some other person then the replacement owner’s duplicate Certificate of Title is void. The person in possession of the owner’s duplicate Certificate of Title can petition the court to have the replacement Certificate of Title be void from the very beginning. This is undisputed and held by the Supreme Court as a well settled rule. The Supreme Court has enunciated this rule in the case of Straight Times, Inc. versus the Court of Appeals wherein it said that when the owner’s duplicate certificate of title has not been ...